SSI Monthly Statistics, January 2024

All Federally Administered Payments

Table 1. Number of recipients, total payments, average monthly payment, and number of awards, by type of payment, eligibility category, and age, January 2024
Type of payment All recipients Eligibility category Age
Aged Blind and disabled a Under 18 18–64 65 or older b
  Number of recipients c
Total 7,434,577 1,163,167 6,271,410 991,706 4,033,750 2,409,121
Federal payment only 6,106,391 767,482 5,338,909 884,550 3,482,009 1,739,832
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,194,741 345,345 849,396 106,223 504,507 584,011
State supplementation only 133,445 50,340 83,105 933 47,234 85,278
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,301,132 1,112,827 6,188,305 990,773 3,986,516 2,323,843
State supplementation 1,328,186 395,685 932,501 107,156 551,741 669,289
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,518,923 669,596 1,849,327 57,240 1,081,845 1,379,838
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,425,187 658,215 4,766,972 861,392 3,171,753 1,392,041
Federal payments 5,133,429 568,973 4,564,456 851,337 3,042,705 1,239,387
State supplementation 291,758 89,242 202,516 10,055 129,048 152,654
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 697.89 561.96 723.10 814.45 742.97 574.46
Federal payments 671.68 507.67 701.19 805.70 720.89 530.22
State supplementation 213.50 223.21 209.38 87.51 222.87 225.93
  Number of awards e
Total 49,798 9,892 39,906 13,098 26,514 10,186
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,207,397 disabled and 64,013 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,232,963 disabled and 12,991 blind recipients aged 65 or older.
c. Includes retroactive payments.
d. Excludes retroactive payments.
e. Preliminary data. In the first 2 months after their release, numbers may be adjusted downward to reflect returned checks.
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